Written and Performed by Tom T. Hall
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Thomas T. Hall, born May 25, 1936, is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.

Hall was born in Olive Hill, Kentucky, United States. As a teenager, he organized a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a traveling theater.

Hall's big songwriting break came in 1963, when country singer Jimmy C. Newman recorded his song, "DJ For a Day." In 1964, Hall moved to Nashville and started to work as a $50-a-week songwriter for Newkeys Music, the publishing company belonging to Newman and his business partner Jimmy Key, writing up to half a dozen country songs per day. Key suggested that he add the middle initial "T" to his name. Hall has been nicknamed "The Storyteller," and he has written songs for dozens of country stars, including Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, and Bobby Bare.

Tom was married to bluegrass songwriter and producer Dixie Hall from 1969 until her death on January 16, 2015. Dixie Hall was born Iris Lawrence in the West Midlands, England, in 1934 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1961. They lived in Franklin, Tennessee. Tom and Dixie met at a 1965 music industry award dinner she was invited to for having written (as Dixie Deen) the song "Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun" which became a hit for Dave Dudley.

Hall has a son, Dean Hall, from his 1961 marriage to Opal "Hootie" McKinney from Grayson, Kentucky. In the early eighties, Dean Hall, who is a singer, musician, and songwriter, worked for his father, first as a roadie, then as a guitar player, before joining Bobby Bare’s band.

Books written by Tom T. include:

*How I Write Songs, Why You Can (1976), Chappell Music Co.
*The Songwriter's Handbook (1976), Rutledge Hill Press
*The Storyteller's Nashville (1979), Doubleday & Co.; (Spring House Press, 2016), ISBN 978-1-940611-44-0
*The Laughing Man of Woodmont Coves (1982), Doubleday & Co.
*The Acts of Life (1986), The University Of Arkansas Press
*Homewords (1986), The University of Tennessee Press

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I Miss A Lot Of Trains

When the train pulls in the station you'll be waiting by the track
You're havin' trouble sleepin' nights you want me to come back
But that old train will roll on by, you'll know I never came
While I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

I sleep good and I miss a lot of trains
That one way track to no man's love I'll never ride again
I used to lie awake like you callin' out your name
Now I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

Your standin' at the station, I can see you in my mind
You think that I'll forgive again, but you're so wrong this time
Your sleepless eyes and selfish heart are waiting there in vain
While I sleep good and miss a lot of trains

I sleep good but I miss a lot of trains
That one way track to no man's love I'll never ride again
I used to lie awake like you callin' out your name
Now I sleep good but miss a lot of trains

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